"You've been following me?" He forced out after a longer pause than he was proud of. "For how long? Not from the flat... That's too far. Why have you been following me? Why would you want to? How come I didn't see you?""Oh..." She ducked her head, forelock falling over her eyes as she peeked up with a look that was both shy and mischievous. "It's been a little longer than that. And only when you entered the forest, mostly then. I'm too easy to spot within your town, hardly easy to trot around when wolves looking like humans are gawking at you like you've grown a second head. But you like to walk here and read here rather a lot, don't you?""How long..." He shook his head, bringing his hands up behind his neck, fingers splaying flat against skin. "How long have you been watching me, if it has been more than today? And why on earth? You didn't answer me. I didn't even know unicorns lived so close to the cities. I thought you hated

 The morning dawned misty and quiet, the birds hushed and the wind stilled in the presence of magic itself. She walked deliberately and slowly from her thicket in the depths of the wood, moving down the time traveled path toward the mirror like surface of the deep black lake at the center of the wood. Her passage made barely a sound and her tracks were non existent with the light deftness of her steps. She paused at the edge of the dark water and waited, the silence was deafening as the time drew near.She slid to her knees at the water’s edge and bowed her head as the first rays of the sun streaked across the black water. The twisted spire of her horn dipped into the water and began to send ripples across the flat surface. Light spread from the tip of her horn and flashed outward beyond the lake's surface and into the forest to usher in a new season of growth and prosperity. The unicorn got back to her feet and looked out over the for

The twin flames darted around lightly wanting to make sure that there would be no more interruptions for them tonight. Her head shook a bit causing the armor to creak and groan as it had not been used in a long time. She turned slowly back towards her own stallion and took a cautious step towards him.

The dark clouds had vanished, as though wisps of vapour, and the ocean, which was now bathed in brilliant moonlight, glistened like a quilt of molten silver, scattered with yellow sequins. Solomon and Jillian chanted together as they stood up now and started moving around the circle of moonstones weaving the threads of yin and yang. 

Tourmaline knew that she was awake but it was like she was watching with someone else’s eyes. She was in her body and yet she was seeing everything which was neither of this time and neither of this age.